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@april posed a good question in the Google plus community. She was worried about how long she has to remember someone's name for.

As anyone who has attended sessions on the Network, I'm terrible at remembering names, often because people use different names for different platforms. One day maybe the Network will have a single log in.

I really liked your article @Frank. I never thought before about remember names, but I always try to remember names because, as you say in the article, It's important to call people by his/her name. Therefore when I meet someone in a friendly way or in business matters, from the beginning I include her/his name into the conversation, for example: "I'm agree with Jhon.." or "As Paul Says..." This is a good way to remember. But most off all, I do it because to me is a priority to make people comfortable. I also make several activities with kids and to me it's important to know each other's names.

Well, It's an interesting article. I've never thought about remembering names, although I know how importantit is to. Even if you want to get to know new people(as a friend), it can be awkward sometimes not to remember.

That's a very useful article Frank. Though I'm fairly good at remembering people's faces, I'm really hopeless at remembering names. It's even worse when it's an unfamiliar sounding name. I particularly found Cambodian names hard to remember last year when I was there.

I can't access to the website, either. I'll try it later. I had an embarrassing experience for having forgotten someone's name, therefore when she called me at the time, although I recognized her voice but I had to skip her name. And finally she found something wrong in the conversation and interrogated me. From that time on, she never call me again. (sob)

@april posed a good question in the Google plus community. She was worried about how long she has to remember someone's name for.

Some names you will only have to remember for the occasion. Other names you might have to remember the rest of your life after you've become acquainted to the people. Luckily you don't have to anticipate on that. If you learn a name, you don't have to question yourself for how long it will be you have to remind that name. For the process of learning names, there is no difference weather you have to remember the name for a long time or not. The mnemonics I mentioned in the article are useful to get the name inculcated in your mind in the first place. This doesn't mean you have to use the same mnemonics every time you encounter a person again. If you can recall the name Brad because he wore something red, it doesn't mean you immediately will forget his name when he changes clothes. After you've are acquainted to someone and have learnt his or her name, you will add other features of this person into the mental image you made of him/her. You will link his name to his/her face.

What's in a name? I don't really mind much when people forget my name or get it wrong - except when I get called Anne Marie (instead of Marianne). That's the only time it annoys me a little bit. I don't know why.

@mheredge I also don't like when someone doesn't pronounce my name correctly.Some people have extraordinary memory. When I was studying in university I used to live in hostel and the hostel warden there had a great memory. He had not forgotten anyone's name even he met him only one time.Nearly four hundred students was leaving that time there and he had known all the people by their names.

@shah51272 I also don't like it when someone doesn't pronounce my name correctly. Some people have an extraordinary memory. When I was studying in university, I used to live in a hostel and the hostel warden there had a great memory. He had not forgotten anyone's name even when he met them only one time. Nearly four hundred students wereliving therethat time there and he knew all the people by their names.

I wish I could do that @shah51272. But as my father used to tell me, I'd forget my head if it wasn't stuck on!

I think, I can remember name of pupils. Sometimes I forget sombody name. When I meet with sombody once I can forget them names. But When I meet them several times I remember their name. For example my some friend cant remember name of pupils.